Evaluation of a Novel Handoff Communication Strategy for Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department
Introduction: Miscommunication during inter-unit handoffs between emergency and internal medicine physicians may jeopardize patient safety. Our goal was to evaluate the impact of a structured communication strategy on the quality of admission handoffs. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods, pre-test...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/34q743rd |